International Research Collaboration on Men and Gender in ECEC
The SIG focuses on the issue of gender balance in the ECEC work force, and on the important role gender plays in adult-child-relations. The members of the SIG support the aim of increasing the proportion of male workers towards a more gender-balanced ECEC work force. At the same time there is a need for a more differentiated view and research on several aspects of the issue.
The SIG focuses on the links of research, practice and policy, intends to provide an academic forum for the promotion, development and dissemination of research, and facilitates cooperation and collaboration between researchers in the field.
For some years now, researchers from several countries have formed an international network on the issue of men, women and gender balance in the ECEC work force. Since 2010, members of the network organized research symposia on the annual conferences of EECERA, a leading international organization in the developing field of early childhood education and care. 2012, the network initiated a Special Interest Group within EECERA.
